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1 thrift
Any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers.
Roget 775: acquisition; gaining etc. v.; obtainment; procuration†, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift etc. 784. recovery, ... meer laten zien
Roget 734: prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence etc. (wealth) 803; success etc. 731; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: bank, Engels gras
Pools: zawciąg
2 thrift
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
synoniemen: parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching.
Roget 817: economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness†, retrenchment. savings; prevention of waste, save-all; cheese parings and candle ends; parsimony ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: zuinigheid, vrekkigheid
Pools: groszoróbstwo, ciułactwo
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: austerity, austerity program, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, economic planning, economicalness, economizing, economy, economy of means, false economy, forehandedness, frugality, frugalness, good management, husbandry, management, miserliness, niggardliness ... meer laten zien.
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